Sale reports / Alabama / Russellville Stockyards / 2023-04-10

Russellville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russellville, Alabama · Mon, Apr 10
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2007
Feeder Cattle receipts
158 head
169 vs last sale 327 244 vs year ago 402 · 60.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
56 vs last sale 97 34 vs year ago 75 · 45.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
66 vs last sale 83 37 vs year ago 54 · 68.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter bulls lightly tested with a high of 129.00 and slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers and feeder bulls sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 2.00 - 5.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $223.35/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 3 of 2 comparable sales and sits +21.26 against this barn's trailing median of $202.09.
Average price
$223.35
27 head · 444 lb average
Value per head Derived
$991
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$79
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+24.66
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1432239.171,03412thin
Medium and Large 2453210.7095515thin
One grade step is worth $28.47/cwt here — about $79 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale27 hd
223.35
AL average14 barns · 687 hd
198.69
+24.66
This barn, trailing median2 sales
202.09
+21.26
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,523121.521,8512thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44796.141,39112
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18291.741,08513
CowsLean 85-90%Average90473.0866111

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$9333thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$5501thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)$8751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,6064thin

Every lot, as filed

30 lots · USDA AMS · Northwest Alabama Livestock Cattle Sale - Russellville, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1340265.00/cwt265.00–265.009012
BullsMedium and Large 1527214.20/cwt210.00–220.001,1293
BullsMedium and Large 1463231.62/cwt230.00–235.001,0723
BullsMedium and Large 2515190.07/cwt187.50–192.509792
BullsMedium and Large 1360252.50/cwt250.00–255.009092
BullsMedium and Large 2585187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,0972
HeifersMedium and Large 2677155.81/cwt155.00–160.001,0556
HeifersMedium and Large 2419198.09/cwt195.00–200.008308
HeifersMedium and Large 2385211.28/cwt210.00–212.508132
HeifersMedium and Large 2540185.00/cwt185.00–185.009992
BullsMedium and Large 2423220.90/cwt217.50–225.009346
BullsMedium and Large 2470200.00/cwt200.00–200.009402
BullsMedium and Large 1408248.76/cwt247.50–250.001,0152
BullsMedium and Large 2373226.65/cwt225.00–230.008453
HeifersMedium and Large 2463191.71/cwt187.50–195.008886
HeifersMedium and Large 2610165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0072
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,606.25/head1,500.00–1,675.001,6064
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,050.00/head950.00–1,150.001,0502
Bred CowsSmall 1-2700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Bred CowsSmall 1-2550.00/head550.00–550.005501
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2875.00/head875.00–875.008751
Bulls1,523121.52/cwt120.00–123.001,8512
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16284.29/cwt84.00–85.009793
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20889.71/cwt88.00–94.001,0845
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16998.25/cwt97.00–100.001,1495
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51692.39/cwt89.00–95.001,4017
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,350101.40/cwt99.00–104.001,3695
CowsLean 85-90%86971.38/cwt69.00–75.006204
CowsLean 85-90%97183.87/cwt83.00–85.008144
CowsLean 85-90%86360.95/cwt59.00–64.005263

How this sale compares

Alabama weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Alabama auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.